Hames.



W. A. M. DUNBAR.

HAMES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1910.

1,000,901, Patnted Aug. 15, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM ANDREW MOAT DUNBAR, OF OAKLAND,CALIFORNIA.

HAMES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM ANDREW MOAT DUNBAR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hames,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hames and the principal object of the same isto provide hames in which a novel arrangement and construction of tracefastening means are provided that will prevent the hames being twistedwhen a draft strain is applied thereto.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above itwill be understood, of course, that the essential features thereof arenecessarily susceptible of changes in details and structuralarrangements, one preferred and practical embodiment of which is shownin the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the improved hames, the collarbeing shown partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional viewtaken on the line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of oneof the fastening staples used in connection with the hames.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 designates theenlarged padded body of a collar, the front surface of which is providedwith the hame seat 2, the inner edge of said seat having attachedSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 26, 1910.

Patented A119. 15, 1911.

Serial No. 573,841.

thereto the outstanding hollow tubular rim 3 in which a spiral spring 4is seated.

The hame members 5 are held to the seat 2 by means of the usual upperand lower connecting straps 6 and 7, and said members, adjacent theirupper portions and on their inner surfaces are provided with recesses Sin which the staples 9 are seated. Said staples have their loop ends 10bent at right angles so that said ends will project beyond the frontsurfaces of the hame members 5 to permit the trace connections 11 to behinged thereto.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A device of the character describedcomprising hame members, said members being provided with recesses, andtrace fastening staples in said recesses and provided with angular loopsthat project beyond the front surfaces of said hame members.

2. A device of the character described comprising hame members providedwith recesses, staples in said recesses, said staples having their loopends bent at right angles to form extensions adapted to project beyondthe front surfaces of said hame members, and trace connections hinged tosaid extensions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ANDREW MOAT DUNBAR.

lVitnesses:

H. G. Scrmonnnn, F. P. SCI-IROEDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressinthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). G.

